Ready for a glimpse into the future of the cloud? We cordially invite you to our event "Strong community despite competition: How cloud ecosystems based on open source can work". Experience the world of joint development of free and open source software (FOSS) in the cloud sector and learn from successful practical examples how competition is possible despite the joint development of a common digitally sovereign technology stack. Or perhaps precisely because of this?

Agenda

5.00 pm
Welcome by Sven Jänicke
(Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation)

5.15 pm
Keynote Marius Feldmann
(COO Cloud&Heat Technologies and Chairman of the Board ALASCA e.V.)

• Together we are stronger! Open source ecosystems as the basis for real innovation

By building a vibrant open source ecosystem, a wide range of expertise can be pooled across company boundaries. Open source software and open standards in particular play a key role in interdisciplinary innovation and offer the best conditions for the joint development of sovereign, secure and digital solutions, from which a wide range of players in the cloud industry can benefit massively and at the same time counteract the shortage of skilled labour.

5.30 pm
Keynote Stephan Ilaender
(Managing Director STACKIT Platform Products & Support)

• From grocery discounter to tech giant

How the Schwarz Group is undertaking Europe's biggest IT transformation - from a food discounter to a public cloud provider and the ambition to become a tech giant. With its STACKIT brand, the Schwarz Group is pursuing the vision of creating an independent Europe - digital, leading the way.

5.45 pm
Keynote Kai Martius
(CTO, Member of the Board, secunet Security Networks AG)

• Blind trust or full insight? How open source creates trustworthiness in a cloud for state secrets

States have always been interested in protecting their secrets particularly well. Spies are everywhere - as we have known not only since Edward Snowden. This is why IT systems need to be particularly trustworthy - and (only) open source can provide this. But why only for state secrets?

18:00 Panel discussion of the participants, moderated by Sven Jänicke

• Topic: Competitive advantages through open source. Why open source ecosystems accelerate the development of digitally sovereign technologies and attract top talent

18:30 Get-together with drinks & snacks